Synonyms for rocky
ˈrɒk irock·y

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1. rocky, bouldery, bouldered, stonyadjective

   abounding in rocks or stones

   "rocky fields"; "stony ground"; "bouldery beaches"

   Synonyms:
   rocklike, bouldery, stony, jumpy, flinty, rough, granitic, jolty, bumpy, granitelike, obdurate, jolting, flint, bouldered

   Antonyms:
   easy, stable, smooth

2. rough, rocky, bumpy, jolty, jolting, jumpyadjective

   causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements

   "a rough ride"

   Synonyms:
   bumpy, approximative, rough, highly strung, pugnacious, jolting, bouldered, approximate, gravelly, bouldery, edgy, uptight, fierce, harsh, overstrung, high-strung, restive, nervy, scratchy, stony, crude, jumpy, boisterous, grating, jolty, raspy, unsmooth, jittery, uncut, rasping

   Antonyms:
   easy, stable, smooth

3. rockyadjective

   liable to rock

   "on high rocky heels"

   Synonyms:
   bouldery, stony, jumpy, rough, jolty, bumpy, jolting, bouldered

   Antonyms:
   stable, smooth, easy

4. rocky, roughadjective

   full of hardship or trials

   "the rocky road to success"; "they were having a rough time"

   Synonyms:
   bumpy, rough, raspy, jolting, pugnacious, bouldered, jolty, crude, gravelly, bouldery, fierce, harsh, unsmooth, scratchy, stony, jumpy, boisterous, grating, approximate, approximative, uncut, rasping

   Antonyms:
   easy, smooth, stable

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1. List of paraphrases for "rocky":

   rock, rocko, balboa, roque

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1. Rajdeep Dasgupta:

   This study suggests that a rocky, Earth-like planet gets more chances to acquire life-essential elements if it forms and grows from giant impacts with planets that have sampled different building blocks, perhaps from different parts of a protoplanetary disk, this removes some boundary conditions. It shows that life-essential volatiles can arrive at the surface layers of a planet, even if they were produced on planetary bodies that underwent core formation under very different conditions.

2. Prosecutor Daniel Suneson:

   Give A$AP Rocky his FREEDOM. We do so much for Sweden but it doesnt seem to work the other way around. Sweden should focus on its real crime problem! #FreeRocky.

3. Andrew Coleman:

   The psychology of the market is pretty bad right now, any sale of these assets gives financial visibility without having to carry the cost of the asset on their books in what could be a rocky next few months.

4. Xavier Becerra:

   It's going to be a rocky vote.

5. Joe Pesce:

   The search for potentially habitable or life-bearing worlds in other solar systems depends in part on being able to determine if rocky, Earth-like exoplanets actually have magnetic fields, this research shows not only that this particular rocky exoplanet likely has a magnetic field but provides a promising method to find more.